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Does exactly what it says on the tin. Some of the nonsense contained herein may be very loosely related to The Sisters of Mercy, but I wouldn't bet your PayPal account on it. In keeping with the internet's general theme nothing written here should be taken as Gospel: over three quarters of it is utter gibberish, and most of the forum's denizens haven't spoken to another human being face-to-face for decades. Don't worry your pretty little heads about it. Above all else, remember this: You don't have to stay forever. I will understand.
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markfiend wrote:My copy is well loved. You'll find the cardboard over-cover very handy; it will get muddy. :lol:
It also stops it getting battered when stuffed in a backpack too though that just adds a few pounds for your shoulders instead! :lol:
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I read H G Wells's The Invisible Man over the weekend. (On the e-book reader on my Android phone, which is another story. Suffice it to say my eyes are still aching :|)

Griffin (the invisible man) appears in Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as "Hawley Griffin". However Wells never gives any name other than "Griffin".

"Odd," thinks I. To cut a long story short, Moore took the given name "Hawley" from... Dr Hawley Crippen :lol:
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Carpathian Psychonaut wrote:
christophe wrote:methinks something Iz, Si and Carpy would be interested too ;D
Added to my list - ta!

On the subject of Mr Cope's books my ex gave me her copy of this epic (and bloody heavy!) doorstop:-

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It's a bit of a :notworthy: all round.
GAVE?????? It goes for daft amounts on Ebay & Amazon. Saying that, the word on da street is that it's going to be re-printed again. High time too.
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Debaser wrote:
Carpathian Psychonaut wrote:
christophe wrote:methinks something Iz, Si and Carpy would be interested too ;D
Added to my list - ta!

On the subject of Mr Cope's books my ex gave me her copy of this epic (and bloody heavy!) doorstop:-

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It's a bit of a :notworthy: all round.
GAVE??????
Sigh. Yeah, we're not together now but she had plenty of :notworthy: moments when we were. Thems the breaks.
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currently geeking this error page:

http://proteys.info/404/

:lol:

needs sound ;)
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Quiff Boy wrote:currently geeking this error page:

http://proteys.info/404/

:lol:

needs sound ;)
Pssst, yer in Currently Reading here Boss ;)

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in addition to geeking i was also reading, watching & listening to that page ;D




ahem :oops:
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Quiff Boy wrote:in addition to geeking i was also reading, watching & listening to that page ;D




ahem :oops:
Currently Depressed now? :lol:

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Don't let the title give you wrong impression.

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A highly enjoyable read! A bit of Gaiman, a bit of humor/b-movie allusions, bit of Tarantino...

...and on the official website you can read the first 82 pages for free! :D

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Leszek Kolakowski - Mini -wykłady o maxi-sprawach. (ethic, philosophy, about basic stuff)
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I'm just going to go all Brittania Music Club on ya. If you loved that, then you might just like these

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8iHiQSWdaU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wSCUfp_ ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuzGPzvp ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPLcfgmR ... re=related

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNqtqi9M ... ure=fvwrel


Ok, so the last one's got nothing to do with TMA but hey ho
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Just finished
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on my new Kindle (birthday present)

Fantastic plot-twist with (quite literally) the very last word of the book :lol:
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all on my ipad (with the kindle app):

finally finished this last week:
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8) :notworthy:

then read this novella/long short story:
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:von: :notworthy: :notworthy:

now reading this:
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it's a bit dodgy 70s sci-fi in places, but i'm admiring all the influences it clearly had on iain m banks' "culture" novels 8)
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Yeah, the Ringworld isn't quite the same as a Culture O but it's easy to see that the inspiration for the latter came from the former.
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markfiend wrote:Yeah, the Ringworld isn't quite the same as a Culture O but it's easy to see that the inspiration for the latter came from the former.
there's a certain matter-of-fact-ness about the way niven talks about alien cultures and their technologies which reminds me of banks' culture stuff.
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Quiff Boy wrote:then read this novella/long short story:
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Hey Seuss!, you'll be diggin' Hawkwind soon Boss :lol:

I'm currently enjoying dis

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don't be put off by the cover, he was a very entertaining writer
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:lol:

nah, i was just intrigued by how moorcock was playing with the jesus myth ;)

i've also got philip pullman's "The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ" in the pipeline for the same reason.

and yeah, the mcarthy book is a great read - he's very amusing :D
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ye do ken aboot Moorcock's 'Eternal Champion' schtick don'tcha?

initials JC: Jerry Cornelius, Jerry Cornell and Jherek Carnelian and his own early pen name James Colvin

just a thought, y'ain't gettin' religion on us are ye Boss?... :D
Quiff Boy wrote:and yeah, the mcarthy book is a great read - he's very amusing :D
was, he popped his clogs far too early :|
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getting religion? hell no :lol:

i've always been fairly agnostic, and if anything it's making me more anti these days... :lol:
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by 'religion' I do of course mean Hawkwind :lol:
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James Blast wrote:by 'religion' I do of course mean Hawkwind :lol:
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Behold The Man was the first story I read by Moorcock when I was about 12.
It got me collecting his stuff for the next 10 years.
I hold him responsible insome small part for making me who I am today. :D
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